1936 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1936
at Rock N' Bowl, New Orleans, LA, 2006
in 2008
– The lost chords find Paolo Fresu in Monaco, 2007
2008
A book called Bud not Buddy is a great recourse for this topic.
Events
- Duke Ellington Band make the classical recording of Caravan.
Standards
Deaths
; June- 27 – Mike Bernard, ragtime pianist.
- 5 – Mitja Nikisch, German pianist and band leader.
- Sam Morgan, New Orleans jazz trumpet player and bandleader.
Births
- 1 – Sonny Greenwich, Canadian guitarist.
- 3 – Joe Haider, German pianist.
- 7 – Eldee Young, American upright bass and cello player.
- 19 – Hod O'Brien, American pianist.
- 20 – Erwin Helfer, American pianist.
- 21 – Snooks Eaglin, American guitarist and singer.
- 24 – Bobby Wellins, Scottish tenor saxophonist.
- 31 – Garnett Brown, American trombonist.
- 4 – Claude Nobs, Swiss founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival.
- 5 – June Tyson, American singer.
- 13 – Takashi Furuya, Japanese saxophonist and vocalist.
- 26 – Colin Purbrook, English pianist, upright bassist, and trumpeter.
- 2 – Buell Neidlinger, American upright bassist and cellist.
- 4 – Eric Allandale, Dominican-English trombonist, songwriter, and bandleader.
- 8 – Gábor Szabó, Hungarian guitarist.
- 19 – Amancio D'Silva, Indian guitarist and composer.
- 20 – Harold Mabern, American pianist and composer.
- 21
- * Brian Dee, British pianist.
- * Mike Westbrook, English pianist and composer.
- 24 – Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre, American tenor saxophonist.
- 25 – Larry Gales, American upright bassist.
- 27 – Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Polish saxophonist, composer, and arranger.
- 3
- * Harold Vick, American saxophonist and flautist.
- * Jimmy McGriff, American organist.
- * Luiz Eça, Brazilian pianist.
- * Scott LaFaro, American upright bassist.
- 6 – Manfred Schoof, German trumpeter.
- 13 – Stan Robinson, English tenor saxophonist.
- 20
- * Beaver Harris, American drummer.
- * Billy James, American drummer.
- 22 – Don Menza, American saxophonist, arranger, and composer.
- 28 – John Tchicai, Danish saxophonist.
- 11 – Carla Bley, American composer, pianist, organist and bandleader.
- 12 – Klaus Doldinger, German saxophonist.
- 13 – Manfredo Fest, Brazilian pianist and keyboardist.
- 14 – Bobby Darin, American singer.
- 20 – Rufus Harley, American saxophonist.
- 26 – Charles Turner, American trumpeter.
- 4 – Alan Branscombe, English pianist, vibraphonist, and alto saxophonist.
- 6 – Maysa Matarazzo, Brazilian singer.
- 12 – Marcus Belgrave, American trumpet player.
- 14 – Wilson das Neves, Brazilian bossa nova singer and percussionist.
- 15 – Jan Byrczek, Polish upright bassist, jazz critic, and jazz magazine editor.
- 16 – Lin Halliday, American saxophonist.
- 22 – Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian flautist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist.
- 30 – Dave Van Ronk, American singer.
- 3 – Corky Hale, American harpist, pianist, flautist, and singer.
- 5 – Tommy LiPuma, American music producer.
- 6 – Chris White, American upright bassist.
- 13 – Albert Ayler, American saxophonist, singer and composer.
- 17 – Nick Brignola, American baritone saxophonist.
- 19 – Carmell Jones, American trumpet player.
- 22 – Don Patterson, American organist.
- 28 – Jim Galloway, Scottish clarinetist and saxophonist.
- 3 – Jack Wilson, American pianist and composer.
- 6 – Joe Diorio, American guitarist.
- 10 – Chuck Israels, American composer, arranger, and upright bassist.
- 22 – Lex Humphries, American drummer.
- 6 – Clifford Thornton, American trumpeter and trombonist.
- 14 – Rudi Wilfer, Austrian pianist and composer.
- 17 – Rolv Wesenlund, Norwegian comedian, singer, clarinetist, and saxophonist.
- 21 – Sunny Murray, American drummer.
- 27 – Lars Erstrand, Swedish vibraphonist.
- 28 – Emmett Chapman, American guitar and Chapman Stick player.
- 7 – Sonny Bravo, Afro-Cuban pianist.
- 11 – Billy Higgins, American drummer.
- 12 – Melvin Rhyne, American organist.
- 13
- * Shirley Bunnie Foy, American singer, songwriter, and percussionist.
- * Tom Vaughn, American pianist.
- 17 – Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African vocalist.
- 18 – J. C. Moses, American drummer.
- 25 – Alfredo Rodríguez, Cuban pianist.
- 18 – Don Cherry, American trumpeter.
- 28 – Roy McCurdy, American drummer.
- 6 – Bill Ashton, British saxophonist and composer.
- 7
- * Arthur Jenkins, American keyboardist and percussionist.
- * Sonny Phillips, American keyboardist.
- 10
- * John Boudreaux, American drummer.
- * Martha Mier, American pianist, piano teacher, and composer.
- 15 – Eddie Palmieri, Puerto Rican-American pianist and bandleader.
- 17 – Tommy Banks, Canadian pianist.
- 23 – Muhammad Ali, American drummer.
- 24 – Chris McGregor, South African pianist, bandleader and composer.
- 27' – Mike Barone, American trombonist and big band leader.
- Byrdie Green, American singer.
- Cynthia Crane, American singer.
- Salah Ragab, Egyptian drummer and called the founder Egyptian jazz.